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<br />1128 <br /> <br />Water and Irrigation <br /> <br />Cb. 300 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 300 <br /> <br />WATER AND IRRIGATION <br /> <br />SENATE BD..L 04.18S <br /> <br />BY SENATOR(S) Enlz, Arnold, Groff, Grossman, Tapia, and Taylor; <br />also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hoppe. JaOO, Paccione, Rose, Stafford, Wcddig, Williams T., and Young. <br /> <br />AN ACT <br /> <br />CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERMIT FORA NONEXEMPT GROUND WATER WELL LOCATED <br />OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY DESIGNATED GROUND WATER BASIN. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly afthe State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION I. 37-90-137 (3)(a), Colorado Revised Statutes, is REPEALED AND <br />REENACTED, WITH AMENDMENTS, to read: <br /> <br />37-90-137. Permits to construct wells outside designated basins - fees - <br />permit no ground water right - evidence - time limitation - well permits - <br />repeal. (3) (a) (I) A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A WELL OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF <br />A DESIGNATED GROUND WATER BASIN ISSUED ON OR AFTER APRIL 21, 1967, SHALL <br />EXPIRE ONE YEAR AFTER ISSUANCE UNLESS, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION AND ON FORMS <br />AS MAYBE PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE ENGINEER, THE APPLICANT TO WHOM THE <br />PERMIT WAS ISSUED, OR THE WELL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, FURNISHES TO THE <br />STATE ENGINEER: <br /> <br />(A) EVIDENCE THAT THE WELL WAS CONSTRUCTED AND THAT THE PUMP WAS <br />INSTALLED; OR <br /> <br />(B) A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE AS TO WHY THE WELL HAS NOT BEEN <br />CONSTRUCTED NOR THE PUMP INSTALLED AND AN ESTIMATE OF TIME NECESSARY TO <br />COMPI:ETETHETASK8;UPON'WHICH"THE'STATE'ENGlNEEn,1AY EXTEND THE PERMIT <br />FOR ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. THE LIMITATION ON <br />THE EXTENSION OF WELL PERMITS PROVIDED !NTHIS SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH (B) SHALL <br />NOT APPLY TO WELL PERMITS FOR FEDERALLY AUfHORIZED WATER PROJECTS <br />CONTAINED IN FARAGRAPH (d) OF THIS SUBSECTION (3). THE ST A TEENGINEER SHALL <br />CHARGE A FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE EXTENSION; EXCEPT THAT, ON <br />AND AFTER JULV 1,2006, THE STATE ENGINEER SHALL CHARGE A FEE OF SIXTY <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate deletions <br />from existing statutes and such material not part of act. <br />